H. For Older Learners

For Older Learners

Differentiation for ELLs --a social studies unit (thesis)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxlbGdpbmlzZGVsbGluaXRpYXRpdmV8Z3g6MTQxZjZiNDI0NmU1NTUxMg

New Visions Curriculum ELA
https://curriculum.newvisions.org/ela

Literacy videos (showing individual applications of literacy strategies and activities)
https://keystoliteracy.com/free-resources/videos/

Keys to literacy articles
https://keystoliteracy.com/free-resources/articles/

CCSS and reading comp processes
http://morethanenglish.edublogs.org/files/2011/08/Matching-CC-with-Comprehension-Processes-x0x0l2.pdf


Academic Discussions
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/analyzing-complex-texts-ells-ousd
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-ells-to-participate-in-discussions-ousd

Academic instruction Nonnie Lescaux (3 articles and discussion questions_
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B7B8D148-5C28-41D4-8BF2-13FCE58746CC/0/MS_Module_4.pdf

Shaping the way we teach English around the world Univ of Oregon Teacher Training Modules
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLpwuQsNiLg&list=PL47A04D9EECA3E792

Interactive Classroom strategies for success of ELs
https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/SAIL/documents/InteractiveClassroomStrategiesandStructuresforSuccess-Dr.FranciscaSanchez.pdf

EL Development for grades K-5 WestEd Webinar
https://www.wested.org/resources/english-language-development-foundations-and-implementation-in-kindergarten-through-grade-five/

EL Development for grades 6-12 WestEd Webinar
https://www.wested.org/resources/english-language-development-issues-and-implementation-at-grades-six-through-twelve/

Flipped learning with Adol ELs
https://www.academia.edu/24774438/STUDENT-CENTERED_LEARNING_OPPORTUNITIES_FOR_ADOLESCENT_ENGLISH_LEARNERS_IN_FLIPPED_CLASSROOMS

Learning meaning through conceptual reconstruction (science) http://astlc.ua.edu/teacherresources/secstratforlearning.htm

Secondary Science Content Literacy WestEd Webinar https://www.wested.org/resources/literacy-for-the-science-classroom/

Intertextuality (Scarlett letter)
http://amyscotteportfolio.weebly.com/uploads/4/8/4/9/48496155/assignment_1_group_presentation_swapped.pdf

Tell tale heart resources
http://cvms.canfield.k12.oh.us/web/canf_mxc/PDF/Tell_Tale_Heart.pdf
https://prezi.com/obws9iffilrs/copy-of-anticipation-guide-for-the-tell-tale-heart/

Adol literacy Ed. Alliance
http://cm.elachieve.org/images/cm/reading/best_practices_instruction/cm_read_adolescent_literacy.pdf

Adol ELL writing Ed. Alliance
http://cm.elachieve.org/images/cm/reading/best_practices_instruction/cm_read_approaches_to_writing_instruction.pdf


Hi interest low level books
http://www.weteachwelearn.org/2015/07/highlow-books-to-engage-reluctant-readers-from-4th-grade-through-high-school/

Burke Reading Inventory for older learners
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53adc3ffe4b0788618e31a92/t/53b33f05e4b09ff8857c8172/1404256005304
/The+Essential+RMA+Appendix+B+-+Burke+Interview+Modified+for+Older+Readers+%28BIMOR%29.pdf

Central text anthology (from teaching tolerance) http://perspectives.tolerance.org/?q=central-text-anthology

Informational text strategies-Grades 6-12
http://www.centeroninstruction.org/informational-text-structure-module-2-grades-6-12-using-knowledge-of-text-structure-to-improve-comprehension-in-grades-6-12

Literacy and Content for ELLs in Mid School
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/practice_guides/english_learners_pg_040114.pdf

Literacy in Content areas (WestEd) in middle and high schools
https://www.wested.org/resources/literacy-instruction-in-the-content-areas-getting-to-the-core-of-middle-and-high-school-improvement/

Theater helps ELLs master CCSS
http://hechingerreport.org/theater-helps-english-learners-master-common-core-but-can-it-close-the-achievement-gap/

The dins in the Heads-The ecstacy hypothesis Krashen
http://www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/2015._the_ecstacy_hypothesis.pdf

Free audio books for older readers http://www.audiobooksync.com/

Chaim Potok Zebra Story (thanks Michelle)
http://www.chino.k12.ca.us/cms/lib8/CA01902308/Centricity/Domain/1689/Zebra-short-story-r4vock.pdf

ESL Literacy Network (Canadian Website --lots of practical materials) https://esl-literacy.com/

Cultivating academic language and literacy (webinar and powerpoint) need to join Education Connections
https://www.obaverse.net/1/course/view.php?id=393§ion=1

Project based learning for ELLs
http://www.uft.org/insight/mastering-english-through-project-based-learning

Effective practices in overage HS West Brooklyn HS
http://jff.org/sites/default/files/publications/WestBrooklynHS_072313.pdf

strategies for revising college entrance essays
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/international-student-counsel/2014/09/25/college-essay-tips-for-english-language-learners

Dreamer who stayed after parents were deported
http://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2014/10/22/first_generation_college_students_cecilia_lopez_1119.html

How to help struggling learners meet CCSS in NYC
http://jff.org/sites/default/files/publications/materials/TSCCI%20Report-070814.pdf

report on stuggling secondary content reading interventions
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED538060.pdf

Slam poetry-What is wrong with ESL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/30/dylan-garity-esl-poem_n_4018555.html

HS literacy (several videos) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVlcr_ORpQk&list=PLCE9E371F4E813F00

Shanahan Close reading
http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/2012/07/planning-for-close-reading.html

ELA SIOP lesson plan
https://www.obaverse.net/1/pluginfile.php/9941/mod_resource/content/3/Sample_Lesson_Plan_ELA.pdf

Why won't my teenager talk to me --James Coleman youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXr7iemqI50&feature=youtu.be

higher order questions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4LFxGi0mI Anne Palinscar

Secondary differentiation video
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/differentiating-instruction?utm_campaign=digest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=digest

Interactive middle school content literacy (PBS) http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/midlit/?topic_id=322

Robin Scarcella on Academic language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdCwGOBQ8NY

CCSS academic language and adolescent learners
http://languagemagazine.com/?page_id=5381

Teaching channel videos on ELLs (from Stanford)
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/10/25/video-playlist-ell-instruction/

situated L2 learning for adult learners (Rigoberto Castillo)
http://laclil.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/LACLIL/article/view/3088/pdf

Multicultural literature workshop for Middle grades (Annenberg Video series)
http://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/index.html

Hi-lo readers
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/52124-what-s-up-with-hi-lo-ala-2012.html

Literacy sites for kids http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4248&parent=0

MC Literature lists and reviews http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/joe.html

CCSS social studies text structure and analysis http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/teachlearn/commoncore/ela-appendix-a.pdf

Content literacy in secondary http://www.all4ed.org/files/LitCon.pdf

Online storytelling community
http://www.storybookonline.net/Default.aspx

Cris Tovani
on Fake Reading
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/profdev078.shtml
so what do they really know-part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ir43_qzPU
so what do they really know-part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK1cs2Qh2gY

Motivating adolescent readers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03KpOqntxTg&feature=related

Engage the disengaged reader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vc1lMoJFjg&feature=related

Cultural literacy images
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LadSZ-tB_A

Breaking News Stories and Lessons for ESL/EFL students (thanks Kartik!)
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/


Balanced lit in middle school
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnHbo9ZdbWc&feature=related

Nancee Atwell in the middle writers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SRjjb7V4rU&feature=related

Error correction is it worth the effort? http://backseatlinguist.com/blog/?cat=6
Vocabulary acquired from reading http://backseatlinguist.com/blog/?p=177

Academic vocab instruction in urban middle school
http://www.cal.org/create/conferences/2012/pdfs/effective-academic%20-vocabulary-instruction-in-the-urban-middle-school.pdf

Helping Newcomers succeed in the secondary school (2012)
http://www.cal.org/resources/pubs/helping-newcomer-students-succeed-in-secondary-schools-and-beyond.html

Getting at the content (tips for subject area teachers)
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec04/vol62/num04/Getting-at-the-Content.aspx

Tiered texts for ELLs and Struggling readers
http://valerievacchio.com/final%20documents%20to%20pdf/Tiered%20Texts.pdf

David Pearson excellent powerpoints on reading http://scienceandliteracy.org/research/pdavidpearson

National Center on Secondary education and transition http://www.ncset.org/default.asp

Secondary Research to Practice publications
http://www.ncset.org/publications/default.asp#research

MALP education (students with limited formal education)
http://malpeducation.com/
http://www.slideshare.net/lainemarsh (ppt)
http://www.nysut.org/educatorsvoice_14849.htm

TESOL emergent lit. res for struggling older readers
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/cat_tapestry.asp?CID=1589&DID=8746#phonological-middle%20school

Adolescent literacy http://www.adlit.org/researchbytopic/c162

6 key strategies for teaching
http://www.all4ed.org/files/archive/publications/SixKeyStrategies.pdf

Adol. literacy strategies http://www.adlit.org/article/14342#skills
Free online ESL program http://www.usalearns.org/index/welcome.cfm?CFID=808031&CFTOKEN=98352201&jsessionid=1a3078733f0fce028239a336120c61732625

Building community in the ESL class http://languagemagazine.com/LangPages/Village_LM_Dec09.pdf

Adolescent literacy policy papers (Ed Alliance) http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/adlit

10 years of adolescent literacy research http://www.learningpt.org/pdfs/literacy/tenYears.pdf

Expository reading instructions for adol. with disabilities
https://alliedhealth.ceconnection.com/files/InterventiontoImproveExpositoryReadingComprehensionSkillsinOlderChildrenandAdolescentswithLanguageDisorders-1454621038563.pdf

Webcast ELLs in Secondary schools (use Internet Explorer)
http://origin.eastbaymedia.com/~weta/presentations/cc-webcast-1004.htm
http://www.colorincolorado.org/webcasts/middle

ELL Toolkit for secondary http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/secondary.html
NCELA Secondary Resources http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/resabout/ells/
PBS New American Curriculum Units http://www.pbs.org/speak/education/

Book Chapter on Secondary ELLs http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Store/Books/Sample/27049Chap02_x.pdf
Chamot Sec. Literacy http://digital.georgetown.edu/gurt/1999/gurt_1999_13.pdf
Colorin Colorado Ad. Lit http://www.colorincolorado.org/research/adlit

Reading, language acquisition & film (college level) http://lkasper.tripod.com/postscript.html

Low level reading materials for adolescents http://www.colorincolorado.org/read/forkids/aihm

Urgent Reading Crisis Adol. ELL http://www.adlit.org/article/21407

Getting ELLs ready for college http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/28377

*BBC Learning English http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Resources (sites, journals & resources for ESL literacy teachers http://www.literacynet.org/esl/text/teachertutor.html

Poetry about being young & growing up (go to Table of Contents for Poems) http://www.heydays.ws/?where=home

Making Writing a Priority http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritPrior.pdf

A guide to learning English (on reading & writing, listening, grammar & study skills) http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/index.htm

American poets (audio clips) http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/361

New immigrant website http://www.vidaamericana.com/english/index.html

immigration activity (HS or above) http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/immigration/
Reading activity about coffee http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Medina-Coffee.html

Using Newspapers to teach ESL http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Clifton-Newspaper.html

Integrating MI in the ESL classroom http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Bas-IntegratingMultipleIntelligences.html

Karen’s Linguistics (short articles on a variety of topics related to ESL & EFL)http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/bymonth.html#previous

Help kit for Sec http://escort.org/?q=node/153 (scroll down for chapters)

Intergenerational Literacy http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/1289?or=resources_write_read

English teaching http://eleaston.com/materials.html
CA Reading intervention study http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3722/is_200604/ai_n17186148/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1

on-line ESL resources (literature, grammar, idioms) http://www.1-language.com/

Interesting things for ESL instruction http://www.manythings.org

English language learning & Adults http://www.cal.org/caela/index.html
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/collections/beginning.html

Reading & adult ELLs http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/reading.htm

The relationship between reading and speaking http://www.ncsall.net/?id=771&pid=328

Parent education http://www.cal.org/caela/tools/program_development/prac_toolkit.html

ESL/EFL site for students & Teachers http://www.zozanga.com

Stone soup-Student written and read stories (not ELLs) http://www.stonesoup.com/listen

Teaching English to Incarcerated youth http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-4/youth.htm

1.5 generation & academic writing http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-4/writing.htm
Using videos for adult ELLs http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/videos.htm

Learning Strategies resource guide http://nclrc.org/eils/index.html in html or printer friendly pdf
Using culturally relevant materials
http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Free/Journals/tp/TP0152Connecting.pdf

Online topics for older learners http://www.topics-mag.com/index.html
differentiated science for older learners http://www.glencoe.com/glencoe_research/Science/diwp.pdf

Essay on multilingualism by Elem studen
http://www.topics-mag.com/edition25/language/languages.htm

Spelling & older learners http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Free/Journals/vm/VM0114Spelling.pdf

Improving adolescent writing http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf

Literature why should we care http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-wv6DUKInE







MC Lit for Adolescents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ghbGkMU0w







Marzano on observation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfEm_wIEtM